INS Amba (A54) explained
INS Amba (A54) was the only
submarine tender ship in service with the
Indian Navy. It is a modified
Soviet design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev (the present-day
Mykolaiv in
Ukraine) in 1968. Deviations from the standard Ugra design include four 76 mm guns instead of the 57 mm ones mounted on Soviet units.
On 26 May 2001 a fire broke out in the laundry section of Amba during a routine refit at the Cochin Shipyard, suffocating two washermen.[1] Amba was decommissioned from service in July 2006.
Notes and References
- News: 2 die in ship fire. 27 May 2001. The Hindu. Our Staff.